Billiard-ball.



J. P. LAMBERT.

BILUARD BALL. APPLICATION HLED SEPT-11,1917- 1,286,657. Patented Dec. 3,1918.

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BILLIARD-BALL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

Application filed September 11, 1917. Serial No. 190,781.

To all whom it may concern .7

Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. LAMBERT, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan,in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedBilliard-Ball, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to add a feature of chance to games played with billiard balls; toprovide means for scoring independently of the rolling of the billiardballs; to permit a chance score and a skill score being made in gamesemploying billiard balls; and to av id unnecessary interference with theplaying of the conventional games wherein billiard balls are used.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a billiard ball constructed andarranged in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a section thereof, the section being taken as on the line 22in Fig. 1.

Description.

ject ball is usually colored to distinguish it from the two one balls.

When constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention,a series of spots 7, or level areas, is formed on the surface of theball. The spots are disposed in paired relation, the members of eachpair being at the extremes of a diameter of the ball. Usually somesymbol, and preferably a numeral, is disposed on all of the spots 7, thesymbol on each spot being independent Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the from above and this isused as the particular counter.

When playing a game using the ball having the symbol spots 7, after eachshot, the player examines the said ballto ascertain the symbol which isexposed at the top of the ball. This symbol isadded to the score withwhich the player is credited.

It is obvious that the rules of the game may be infinitely varied andthe count of the honor score as ascertained by the symbol, may bedependent upon the success of the shot or score of the regular gamewhatever that may be. In other words, the rules may provide that thescore of the honor shall depend upon the success or failure of thebilliard shot with which the object ball is moved.

A further feature of cliance is added to the game by the fact that thespots 7 being relatively small in area to avoid interfering as much aspossible with the roll of the object ball, the possibility of the saidobject ball settling upon a spot is somewhat re duced. It will beunderstood, of course, that in the event of the ball not so settlingupon one of the spots, the honor count would not be allowed.

It will be understood that the spots 7 may be produced on the objectball by grinding or other well-known and approved means.

Claim.

A rolling ball as characterized having a plurality of flat settlingspots formed in the surface thereof, said spots being widely separatedand disposed in paired relation, the members of each pair being disposedat the extremities of the same axis, said spots being provided with gamecounter symbols, the symbol on each spot being difierent from all othersymbols. JOSEPH P. LAMBERT.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0."

